Reports are circulating that Chapecoense are being fined nearly $30,000 for failing to to field a team in the finals after losing 19 players in the deadly plane crash last month.
Stories published in English on Monday by multiple publications claimed Brazilian soccer club Chapecoense were forced to pay $29,847 in penalties for failing to show up to their championship game — after the team lost 19 players in a plane crash that was supposed to take players that very match.
The the Daily News , Mirror UK and Sports Illustrated all ran with the story.
The outlets cite ESPN Deportes, the Spanish-American channel owned by ESPN, which reported in Spanish that both teams in the scheduled match — Chapecoense and Atletico — are being fined 100,000 Reais for not fulfilling their commitment to play the Copa Sudamericana final against Atlético Sunday.
BuzzFeed News reached out to ESPN Desportes for comment.
But after the crash, Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) stated that they would not fine either teams for not playing. They did, however, postpone the match to December 11 — and on Sunday, the CBF sent referees and game officials to the game as a formality.
Also per formalities, after 30 minutes, the game was declared WO (a "walkover") and the game was officially cancelled.
That's when ESPN Deportes falsely reported that the 100,000 Reais fines were due, despite CBF executives previously stating they will not enforce the fine.
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